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Adam Harris

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Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

For some of the public state institutions, they're trying to fight like things that are going on in their own states, right? Consider a place like Ohio where they have a bill that's supposed to reform higher education. Florida, Texas, North Carolina, all of these states, there's this big federal thing that's going on.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

For some of the public state institutions, they're trying to fight like things that are going on in their own states, right? Consider a place like Ohio where they have a bill that's supposed to reform higher education. Florida, Texas, North Carolina, all of these states, there's this big federal thing that's going on.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

But you also have these state reforms, whether that's to tenure, whether that's to โ€“ sort of established a conservative center on campus, whatever it may be. They're also thinking about those issues as well. And so a lot of presidents are in sort of a keep your head down, try to avoid being noticed. And if it's happening over there, then it's not happening to us.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

But you also have these state reforms, whether that's to tenure, whether that's to โ€“ sort of established a conservative center on campus, whatever it may be. They're also thinking about those issues as well. And so a lot of presidents are in sort of a keep your head down, try to avoid being noticed. And if it's happening over there, then it's not happening to us.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

But you also have these state reforms, whether that's to tenure, whether that's to โ€“ sort of established a conservative center on campus, whatever it may be. They're also thinking about those issues as well. And so a lot of presidents are in sort of a keep your head down, try to avoid being noticed. And if it's happening over there, then it's not happening to us.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

And we're already thinking about our budget for the next year, as opposed to a cohesive pushback to say, this is an attack on higher education more broadly rather than these singular institutions.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

And we're already thinking about our budget for the next year, as opposed to a cohesive pushback to say, this is an attack on higher education more broadly rather than these singular institutions.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

And we're already thinking about our budget for the next year, as opposed to a cohesive pushback to say, this is an attack on higher education more broadly rather than these singular institutions.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

It should be.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

It should be.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

It should be.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

I do, because we've seen institutions in the last few years be pushed into these policies that say that... These policies where they say they won't make public statements about political events, right? In Ohio, in that bill, it said that public colleges can't make statements about partisan or ideological statements outside of celebrations of, like, the United States and the flag, right?

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

I do, because we've seen institutions in the last few years be pushed into these policies that say that... These policies where they say they won't make public statements about political events, right? In Ohio, in that bill, it said that public colleges can't make statements about partisan or ideological statements outside of celebrations of, like, the United States and the flag, right?

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

I do, because we've seen institutions in the last few years be pushed into these policies that say that... These policies where they say they won't make public statements about political events, right? In Ohio, in that bill, it said that public colleges can't make statements about partisan or ideological statements outside of celebrations of, like, the United States and the flag, right?

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

Like, really sort of jingoistic, patriotic statements. And... Pushing back doesn't have to look like being โ€“ like a president being out in the streets. But it does look like reaffirming your institutional principles and living up to your institutional principles, right? Because a principle is only a principle when it's tested, right? And a belief is only โ€“ you only actually have a value in like โ€“

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

Like, really sort of jingoistic, patriotic statements. And... Pushing back doesn't have to look like being โ€“ like a president being out in the streets. But it does look like reaffirming your institutional principles and living up to your institutional principles, right? Because a principle is only a principle when it's tested, right? And a belief is only โ€“ you only actually have a value in like โ€“

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

Like, really sort of jingoistic, patriotic statements. And... Pushing back doesn't have to look like being โ€“ like a president being out in the streets. But it does look like reaffirming your institutional principles and living up to your institutional principles, right? Because a principle is only a principle when it's tested, right? And a belief is only โ€“ you only actually have a value in like โ€“

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

make public that value when that value is under attack. And so if higher education doesn't believe in the principles that it was founded on, then institutional leaders should remain silent. But if they do, then there's a kind of obligation there. It's one of the reasons why they get paid so much.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

make public that value when that value is under attack. And so if higher education doesn't believe in the principles that it was founded on, then institutional leaders should remain silent. But if they do, then there's a kind of obligation there. It's one of the reasons why they get paid so much.

Radio Atlantic
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

make public that value when that value is under attack. And so if higher education doesn't believe in the principles that it was founded on, then institutional leaders should remain silent. But if they do, then there's a kind of obligation there. It's one of the reasons why they get paid so much.